[a moment] to consider

[moment 158]

There are spaces in our lives that inspire us. Spaces that help us learn and grow and become. Places that help us learn a lot about ourselves. 

Some of these places serve us for a lifetime and some for a season of our lives. 

The past few years have given me time and space to bring into focus what is important for myself and my family. They have also provided opportunities for insight into relationships with people and organizations and whether or not they continue to be a good fit for our family full of queer, neurodivergent, chronically ill, and/or disabled people. 

Some continue to be, and some don't seem to.

In conversations with my children, it seems that we have all come to realizations about things over the past couple of years and have had experiences that let us know it is time to consider moving on to something different. And that the value of our positive experiences at these places isn't lost, it's just that we've changed and they've changed and some things don't quite fit right anymore. 

For me, this Summer will be a season of determining where we are inspired to grow and learn and become and, come Autumn, what we need to let fall away to make room for that growth.